Iridium 64 - Orbit

View from above orbital plane
View from above orbital plane
View from above satellite
View from above satellite

Ground track
Ground track

The orbit data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 25287U 98021C   13140.43593708  .00000161  00000-0  50527-4 0  2558
2 25287 086.3960 126.2501 0002499 095.4563 264.6918 14.34219530791613
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 10:27:44
Eccentricity: 0.0002499
inclination: 86.3960°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 126.2501°
argument of perigee: 95.4563°
revolutions per day: 14.34219530
mean anomaly at epoch: 264.6918°
orbit number at epoch: 79161

The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,  

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